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r e s p oNd IN g to th e ch a lleNge: alBe rta, caNada’ s I Nte g rate d W o rkp lace MaNag e MeNt s y s t e M the Capital Projects application enable Infrastructure and The Ministry leases about 32,000 parking stalls to its occuTransportation to document the entire life cycle of every lease pants. Keeping track of those leases has been a very large, NMCOR_810_Ad_biker_Leader.ai 5/28/08 2:28:29 PM within their sizeable lease portfolio. The history of negoticomplex and dynamic challenge. Gradually, Infrastructure and ated terms, the offer to Transportation staff recoglease, the agreement itself nized that the solutions that and all subsequent milewere streamlining workflow stones of the leasing proin facilities management cess, including of course could also ease many of the a thorough cost analysis, complexities of its parking The unique ability to quickly will be documented, stall leasing. The parking improve the performance of automated and intestall lease solution is a good midsized companies through grated with Infrastructure example of how a sophisreal estate. and Transportation’s ticated IWMS can not only Receivables & Payables fulfill initial objectives, program. So even lease but also lead to innovation billings and payments will that was not even part of be orchestrated through the plan. the new system and other As with its office applications with which space management, each it is able to interface. The parking stall is considintegration with lease ered a space. Each space administration, using is assigned a space ID other parts of the IWMS, is or what Infrastructure remarkably seamless. and Transportation calls an administration numparkINg stall ber. The number is used MaNageMeNt: aWard to track the status of WINNINg INNovatIoN each parking stall, reservation status, hours One of the core benefits of of availability, location the new system is its adapt(indoors or out), as well ability, not only to changing as whether the parking conditions, but also to chalstall is with or without lenges not readily perceived Corporate Solutions energized stalls. All the as subject to an IWMS Strategic Consulting • Transaction Management • Project Management • Facilities Management • Contract Management parking stall information solution. The point is, once The new NorthMarq combines NorthMarq Capital with the former Brokerage, Construction, Corporate Solutions, Healthcare and Property Management businesses of United Properties. can be stored within the management and staff com3500 AMERICAN BLVD W. SUITE 200 MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55431 888.299.9902 IWMS. Access to the data plete the learning curve and enables Infrastructure and become more familiar with northmarq com northmarq.com northmarq.com uproperties com uproperties.com uproperties.com Transportation to calcuthe overall system, new late the rate to be charged solutions that weren’t even for any particular parking being looked for are often stall. Once stalls are assigned to an individual, the system identified. The Ministry needed to modernize its real estate, interacts with Infrastructure and Transportation’s IMAGIS to office space and leasing management, but that wasn’t all. It also execute billing and handle receivables. had a parking challenge. [nimbility] C M Y CM MY CY CMY K the le ade r 36 J u ly / a u g u s t http://northmarq.comnorthmarq.com http://northmarq.comnorthmarq.com http://uproperties.comuproperties.com

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